Isaiah 6

^aIn the year that king ^bUzziah died ^cI saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. ²Above it stood the seraphims: each one had ^dsix wings; ^ewith twain he covered his face, and ^fwith twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. ³And one cried unto another, and said,

^gHoly, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts:

^hiThe whole earth is full of his glory.

⁴And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and ^kthe house was filled with smoke. ^5lThen said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen ^mthe King, the Lord of hosts. ⁶Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off ⁿthe altar: ⁷and he ^olaid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and ^pthy sin purged. ⁸Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for ^qus? ^rThen I said, ^sHere am I; send me. ⁹And he said, Go, and tell this people,

^tHear ye indeed, but understand not;

And see ye indeed, but perceive not.

^10uMake the heart of this people fat,

And make their ears heavy, and ^vshut their eyes;

^wLest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,

And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

¹¹Then said I, ^xLord, how long? And he answered,

Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant,

And the houses without man,

And the land be utterly desolate,

¹²And ^ythe Lord have removed men far away,

And there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

¹³But yet in it shall be ^za tenth, and it shall return, and ^ashall be eaten:

As ^ba teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, ^cwhen they cast their leaves:

So ^dthe holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

VII.